but no, we waited for kofi annan to try and come up with an agreement to the u.n.. that bought bashar assad time. we gave russia veto power over our efforts through the u.n.. and meanwhile, about 30,000 syrians are dead. >> what would my friend do differently? if you notice he never answers the question. >> no, i-- we would not be going through the u.n. on all of these things. >> you don't go through the u.n.. we are in the process now and have been for months in making sure that help, humanitarian aid, as well as other aid and training is getting to those forces that we believe the turks believe, the jordanians believe, the saudis believe are the free forces inside of syria. that is under way. our allies were all on the same page. nato as well as our arab allies in terms of trying to get a settlement. that was their idea. we're the ones that said enough. with regard to the reset not working, the fact of the matter is that russia has a different interest in syrian than we do. and that's not in our interest. >> what happens if assad does not fall? congressman ryan? w